Who’s Who & Committees 2025-2026 Season

Vancouver Opera Guild Executive

President  – Vacant

Vice-President  – Vacant

Secretary  – Edward Mornin

Treasurer  – Bernadette Cheung

Past President – Nancy Wu

Board of Directors

Regina Boxer – Co-Chair, Special Events

Lis Dawson – Chair, Tours

Lorna Mochinski – Co-Chair, Special Events

Alex Volkoff – Co-Chair, Awards

Donna Hogge – Co-Chair, Awards

Patricia Plackett – Co-Chair, Guild Centre

David Plackett – Co-Chair, Guild Centre

Linda Siegel – Chair, Membership

Vacant – Chair, Marketing

David Steiner – Chair, Newsletter

Committees – Chairs

Awards: responsible for the Career Development Grant program, and scholarships and bursaries to promising students based in British Columbia.

Co-Chairs: Alex Volkoff and Donna Hogge

Guild Centre: staffs the Guild table in the Queen Elizabeth theatre during opera productions to promote Guild activities and encourage membership.  

Co-Chairs: Patricia and David Plackett

Membership: oversees membership activities such as recruitment, recognition and maintenance of databases.

Chair: Linda Siegel

Newsletter: publishes a newsletter three times a year, obtains, edits and collates materials and arranges distribution.

Chair: David Steiner

Marketing: helps publicize the Guild and its events and tour etc.

Chair: Vacant

Special Events: plans and oversees events and other initiatives to raise funds for the Guild.

Co-Chairs: Regina Boxer and Lorna Mochinski

Tours: plans and organizes interesting opera tours as Guild fundraisers.

Chair: Lis Dawson